The Rubettes is tagged as: 70s, pop, glam rock, oldies, glam
The Rubettes’ first and biggest hit was “Sugar Baby Love” (1974) which was a UK number one, going on to sell around 500,000 copies in the UK and a reported global sale of three million copies.[4] Two million copies being sold in France alone, an achievement matched by no other British group.[citation needed] With more three songs, “Sugar Baby Love” was recorded for Polydor in October 1973 at Landsdown Studios in Holland Park, London by some session musicians featuring the distinctive falsetto lead vocal by Paul Da Vinci (real name: Paul Prewer), but then he didn’t seize the opportunity to actually become a member of the band put together by John Richardson and went for solo work.[5] To be The Rubettes’ debut single, “Sugar Baby Love” was their only UK #1 and sole U.S. Top 40 entry.[6] In November 1974 NME music magazine reported that The Rubettes, The Glitter Band and Mud were among the UK bands who had roles in a new film titled Never Too Young To Rock.[7]
The Rubettes went on to have a number of other hits across Europe during the mid 1970s such as “Tonight”, “Juke Box Jive” and “I Can Do It” sung by Alan Williams, mostly written by the Bickerton-Waddington songwriting team. The Rubettes su...
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